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Lets have a show of hands how many of you actually are aware of my split personality which occurs every month.

Logically, it follows that this question can only apply to people who has hung around me simultaneously for a month or more.

This post is a tribute to all who've seen and survived the other side of me. It is no secret that I suffer from spasms of unnecessary violence and manic depression every month. Well, now that I have openly announced it to the part of the world with access to internet its definitely no secret.

This is a perfect chance for me to say a definitely overdued thank you to you people who did not run away, even though you've witnessed or perhaps even experienced first-hand how unstable and explosive I can be.

Thank you...
Ashweein
Tashie
Christy
...and Meesh.

There's probably a lot more to add to my list of victims, and just because I don't have space for your names in my precious post doesn't mean that my gratitude does not extend to you.

Thank you and I'm sorry. For the past and future spasms that are to come.

Queen of The Nerds' Holiday Part 3: Jakarta

This post is so overdued I forgot nearly half the witty things I had to say. But it's the last part of the Queen's Dec 2008 holiday, so I just wanna get over it and move on with the other amazingly interesting stuff that happenned while I was busy not blogging.

About that, my perfectly reasonable reason for the lengthy period o inactivity since my last post is as such:
I became aware that the last two posts occurred within one week - an unusually short periods in-between posts. So I thought to myself that this isn't good at all. It means that I have been spending more time blogging than usual, whereas this precious resource could have been used living life the way it should be lived, like reading online manga and not losing weight.

Congrats to Sean, by the way, for the 8kgs he lost. That's 8kgs and counting. Damn you.

Before I went gallivanting off to Jakarta, there was someone's 18th birthday I had to attend.
The very-obviously-intoxicated birthday boy Sean Pui celebrated by calling a last minute dinner at Tom's. and for desert...
...Smirnoff Vodka - officially Sean's favorite now, though I still prefer Absolut Citron...
...and a cake from Hilton. After that we packed off to Senzo where I had my first Blowjob - baileys + white russian + kahlua + whipped cream and a cherry on top = awesomeness.
Oh, and Melvin ans Annete was there too...

A'kay. Anyway. I don't remember much about my trip to Jakarta...probably because of the lapse of time that passed since I came back. Ahem.
# I went to Bandung - my first time ever. First stop was Dago street which was flanked on both sides with Factory outlets. These are nothing like the cheap FOS in spring. You can find MNG and Zara in these places. Don't underestimate made-in-indonesia stuff.
I distinctly remember blacking out and when I came to, my wallet has half a million rupiah less and my suitcase just doubled in size...
# Went to some scenic lake tucked away in the mountains where the temperature was around 20 degrees or so. Me like. That's where I took this very epic photo with the lowly 2Megapixel camera in my phone.
It wasn't an easy climb...

# I found this local delicacy somewhere around Jakarta. I used to love it when I was like...5, yet I never know what it's called. If anyone does, please tell me. I was so hapy when I found this, it was like a blast from the past.
I also found this sign in a cafe in Grand Indonesia.
So I was wondering for a minute. How do they make it? Perhaps they took a slice of Strawberry Cheesecake and dump it into a blender...splash in some coffee and hit the button then voila...strawberry cheesecake frappe.

My new Year was ushered by watching fireworks...atop my grandma's neighbour's roof. I found out I scratched a knee the next morning.

Yes...just goes to show that the insanity that is Cass follows wherever I go.

Queen of The Nerds' Holiday Part 2: Singapore

I have two choices right now. One is to shut my laptop and do my dangerously-soon-to-be-due Biology presentation on the benefits and hazards of Gene technology - an assignment towards which i have shown exaggerated enthusiasm at first but failed to retain or my math homework. The other is to make a waaaaaaaay-overdue post about my trip to Singapore. The latter is an easy choice, as I did not want to do my presentation for the simple reason that I.DON'T.WANT.TO.DO.THEM!!!!!

Anyway, I now know the reason behind my tendency to blog at 3 am. It's because that is when my internet is running the fastest.

Returning topic, I shall now present to you what a Nerd Queen does when she is on holiday. Alone. In Singapore.
*cue epic music

Day 1
# Wake up late at Ha Young's condo
# Fail to get a cab.
# Somehow Christy went out and magically brought a cab back to bring us to the bus station.
# Arrive in Singapore by bus.

# Check in hotel.
# Gape in disbelieve at room size.

# Shower and change.

# Go to Bugis Junction to buy Sean a bunny bag.

# Go to Night Safari, while dragging the bunny bag along.













# Have animal show canceled due to cruel rain.
# Buy a baby at Night Safari.
# Bring baby back to hotel.













# Decide to name baby Pie, after this poster I saw in an MRT station.















Day 2
# Actually do what parents think I am doing and go to visit NUS.
# Forget to bring Christy's christmas presents for her cousins.
# Panic with Ha Young because someone in KL will be waiting to do very painful things to us if she finds out.
# Crave for ice cream after losing much energy panicking.
# Get an undergraduate prospectus from NUS so that parents be shocked at high entry requirements. I quote from the administrator "Usually students with only 3 A levels will not even apply here. To be elligible you must have at least 4 A levels...No, English is not required...What is Thinking Skills?"
# Lose undergraduate prospectus.
# Go back to Hotel because it is time for Ha Young's nap.
# Eat delicious brownies at Dhoby Gaut MRT station. I swear they are even better than Bing's brownies. Even without the melted chocolate. Or the whipped cream.
# Go to Clarke Quay to have extremely overly-priced, but really good seafood dinner at Jumbo. Get free calendar.













# Teach Ha Young how to eat crab.
# Duck whenever Ha Young uses the metal cracker thing.
# Wonder how to get rid of the calendar.
# Stroll around Clarke Quay.













# Wish we stayed here.













# Stroll around Orchard Road.













# Decide to go back by hotel by MRT.
# Discover that it was past 12 am and MRTs don't run 24 hours.

Day 3
# Go to VivoCity to pass Christy's presents to her cousin.













# Thinks for a while.
# Throws in calendar as Christmas present as well.
# Take pictures with Christy's borrowed camera.




























# Watch Ha Young drop Christy's camera.
# Panic with Ha Young. Again.
# Go to Asian Civilisation Museum.
# Over abuse props at the Museum.













# Go to Fountain of Wealth on Sean's suggestion.













# Be disappointed.
# Curse Sean for wasting time.
# Go to see the Esplanade.













# Wonder why it was said to look like a durian.
# Decide that it does not look like a durian at all.
# Think of things it more closely resemble: Jackfruit, woodlice, manmade metal constructions which were meant to look like durians but failed.
# Go to see Merlion.













# Notices something odd. So I said to Ha Young, "Hey hey, don't you think the Merlion...is kinda small? I've always imagined it bigger, like as big as a building." To which Ha Young replied,"Yeah yeah me too. Oh well, maybe its just our imagination."
# Take silly pictures with the Merlion.













# Have what would have otherwise been a really cool picture ruined by senile judge of perspective.













# Get lost in CBD trying to find MRT station.
# Pack

Day 4
# Check out of hotel.
# Leave luggage at Changi.
# Take a 1 hour long MRT trip to Jurong East to go to Science Center.
# Enter Science Center.
# Notices that most of the other visitors are aged 14 and below.
# Annoy Ha Young by being genuinely intrigued by all of the display.
# Get lost and separated from Ha Young. I can't call her because her number did not have activated roaming.
# Eventually find Ha Young.
# Stand in 1 hour trip back to Changi while watching Ha Young nap in her priority seat. (Singapore MRTs have priority seats which are supposed to be reserved for the elderly and such. Thus is why I am standing while she is in the priority seat.)
# Get on plane and out of Singapore.
# Arrive home.
# Sleep.

What-the-f*ck-ness

True to the title of this post, this has indeed been a very eventful day, whose events can be most accurately commented with the conventional "what the f*ck" not only for me but as well as others.

Reasons for me to go "What the f*ck" :
# My supposedly first day of tennis has to be postponed due to the very uncooperative weather of Kuching. It was almost as if God didn't want me to have a possibly lethal weapon - namely a racquet - in my hand.
# Apparently my first day of A2 Math tuition coincides with my first day of tennis. Good thing Ashweein remembered to call me exactly half an hour before class to tell me that I have math tuition in half an hour. I would have never made it to class if not for Ash's impeccable timing. Then again he wouldn't have to call if a certain someone didn't forget to tell me when tuition starts.
# I just receied news that America is actually two continents: North and South.
# I learnt a very intriguing fact about a certain part of a guy's anatomy today.

Reasons for Ash to go "What the f*ck" :
# Apparently I show very little care for my dog's hygiene or the hygiene of any other species of pets for that matter.
# He saw a sign near Boulevard that says: Rabbit meat/Pet Rabbit for sale
# He discovered shortcomings of my self-taught driving.
# I didn't know where SMK Stampin was.
# I was proud of the fact that I had once been vegetarian for 2 weeks.
# I wasn't aware of the fact that the windows of my car were tinted.